Kids With Guns/El Mañana

The fourth single released from Demon Days, containing two fan favourites: the slow and deep "El Mañana" and the song with its funky bass, "Kids With Guns".

Information[]

This single was released as a double A-Side, meaning that both tracks were included on every single format that gets released.

The DVD version featured contributions from the winners of the talent quest hold by Gorillaz in 2005, "Search for a Star" (S4AS) - Carl Sowerby's animations accompanied the demo of "Don't Get Lost in Heaven", and a card insert was included with a drawing by Irina Pavlovna Bolshakova, also known as Schneeflocke, the winner of the picture category. The reverse of the card also contained a URL where Danny Gonzalez, also known as Asidus, the winner of the Audio category's remix of "Dirty Harry" named "Uno Quatro" could be heard.

The CD and 7" version got their own special feature; both versions were accompanied by a free poster. The single fared poorly in the UK charts due to limited availability in shops, the fact that neither of the tracks received playlisting on mainstream radio, and that by the time of release, 1.5 million copies of Demon Days had already been sold in the UK.

Release dates and chart positions[]

UK : 10/04/06 – highest chart position : 27

EUROPE MAINLAND : 10/04/06 - highest chart position : - JAPAN : 12/04/06 - highest chart position : ??

UK Formats[]

7" (red vinyl)

A. Kids With Guns
AA. El Mañana

CD

1. Kids With Guns
2. El Mañana
3. Stop The Dams

DVD

1. El Mañana (video)
2. Kids With Guns
3. Don't Get Lost In Heaven (Original Demo Version)
4. El Mañana (animatic)

Lyrics[]

El Mañana[]

Summer don't know me no more
He got mad, tiresome
Summer don't know me
He just left me low in myself
'Cause I do know Lord
From you then, just dyin'...

I saw that day
Lost my mind
Lord, I'm fine
Maybe in time, you'll want to be mine

Don't stop the bud when it comes
It's the dawn, you'll see
Money won't get there
Ten years past and now you'll flee
If you do that, I'll be a song to find you

I saw that day
Lost my mind
Lord, I'm fine
Maybe in time, you'll want to be mine

I saw that day
Lost my mind
Lord, I'm fine
Maybe in time, you'll want to be mine
Maybe in time, you'll want to be mine
Maybe in time, you'll want to be mine
Maybe in time, you'll want to be mine
Maybe in time, you'll want to be mine

Kids With Guns[]

Kids with guns, kids with guns
Taking over, but it won't be long
They're mesmerized skeletons
Kids with guns, kids with guns.
Easy does it, easy does it, they got something to say no to

Drinking out (Push it real)
Pacifier (Push it real, push it)
Vitamin souls (Push it, push it real)
The street desire (Push it real, push it)

Doesn't make sense to (Push it, push it real)
But it won't be long (Push it real, push it)
Kids with guns. Kids with guns
Easy does it, easy does it, they got something to say no to

Now they're turning us into monsters
Turning us into fire
Turning us into monsters
It's all desire, it's all desire, it's all desire

Drinking out
Pacifier
Sinking soul
There you are

Doesn't make sense to
But it won't be long
'Cause kids with guns, kids with guns
Easy does it, easy does it, they got something to say no to

Now they're turning us into monsters
Turning us into fire
Turning us into monsters
It's all desire, it's all desire, it's all desire

Push it, push it real (It's real)
Push it real, push it
Push it push it real (It's real, real)
Push it real, push it
Push it, push it real (It's real)
Push it real, push it
Push it push it real (It's real, real)
Push it real, push it
Push it, push it real (It's real)
Push it real, push it
Push it push it real (It's real, real)
Push it real, push it
Push it, push it real (It's real)
Push it real, push it
Push it push it real (It's real, real)
Push it real, push it
Push it, push it real

I don't know what I'm gonna do
Oh, oh, oh, oh
After day, after night come
Don't, don't kill me now
After night come day
oh, oh, oh
After day, after night come
Don't, don't kill me now
Oh, oh, oh, oh

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